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October 2008

2008 Conference: Creating Value

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Program

Monday, October 27

Presentation Categories:
Introduction to VE
Getting it Right
Choosing the Right Project
Creating Value in Sustainability

Tuesday, October 28

Presentation Categories:
Higher Education
Design Build and VE
Creating Value in Surface Transportation
Creating Value in Product Development
Alternative Delivery & Risk (P3)
Risk Based Assessment for Infrastructure
Water and Wastewater
Innovation in VE
Estimating and Managing Escalation
Unconventional Uses of VE

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Monday, October 27

	Introduction to VE
9:00am	Speaker: Scot McClintock, Faithful+Gould

	Coffee and Networking Break

	Introduction to VE Continued
10:15am	Speaker: Scot McClintock, Faithful+Gould

11:45am - 1:30pm	Opening Luncheon Welcome - Steve Taylor, President, CSVA Keynote Speakers Jim Bolton, Global Lead - Value Engineering and DFMA, Whirlpool Corp. & Wayne Pettis, Manager, Projects & Modifications, Ontario Power Generation

	Getting it Right	Choosing the Right Project	Creating Value in Sustainability

1:30pm - 2:15pm	Developing a VE Program in Government Ted Lane, MTO	Value for Money Analysis for Surface Transportation Infrastructure David Lewis, HDR	Laboratory achieves gold sustainability certification through VE Scot McClintock, Faithful+Gould

2:15pm - 3:00pm	Developing a VE Program in Industry Jim Bolton, DFMA, Whirlpool Corp.	Cost Risk Analysis and Value Engineering Khalid Bekka, HDR	Green Sustainable Design Using Function Analysis: A Case Study Lucie Parrot, Nguyen - Parrot

	Coffee and Networking Break

	Getting it Right	Choosing the Right Project	Creating Value in Sustainablity

3:15pm - 3:45pm	Acquiring VE Services Mike Pearsall, MTO & Dave Jull, MMM Group	Some Observations on Transportation Agencies’ Development of Project Risk Management Programs Travis McGrath, Golder Associates	Integrating Sustainability into the VE Job Plan SteVE Holmes, MTO

3:45pm - 4:15pm	Right Sizing VE Studies Brian Ruck, Totten Sims Hubicki	Creating Sustainable Value with Value and Risk Management Alain LeBlanc, Pratt & Whitney Canada	Innovative Worldwide VE Case Studies & How Cultural Values Impact Creativity George Hunter, VMS

4:15pm - 4:45pm	VE, What's in It For the Owner? Mike Asselin, Town of Renfrew, Jim Bolton, Whirlpool, Brian Peltier, George Tribe, Alberta Infrastructure	Creating and Sustaining Value - Panel Alain LeBlanc, PWC, D. Lewis, HDR	Creating Value in Sustainability - Panel Scot McClintock, Faithful+Gould, George Hunter, VMS, SteVE Holmes, MTO

4:45pm - 6:00pm	Exhibitor Showcase Visit with Leading Innovators & Consultants

6:00pm	Dinner, Keynote Speakers and CSVA Awards Keynote Speakers: Dan Breitman, Vice President, Pratt & Whitney Canada - VP PW800 Program & Monte Kwinter, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of International Trade and Investment

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Tuesday, October 28

8:00am - 8:30am	Opening Remarks David Wilson, SAVE International President

8:30am - 9:00am	Keynote Speaker Hon. John Wilkinson, Minister of Research and Innovation

	Higher Education	Design Build and VE	Creating Value in Surface Transportation

9:00am - 9:30am	The VE Workshop at McGill University: Benefits for Students and Industry Dr. Vince Thomson, McGill University	Value Engineering in Design Build: Constructability Applications Stuart Sokoloff, CTS Group	West Transitway Tunnel VE Study Steve Stoddard, City of Ottawa

9:30am - 10:00am	Panel Discussion: VE in Higher Education Thomson, McGill, Lucie Parrot, Nguyen-Parrot	Design Build and VE - Experiences in Surface Transportation Dave Jull, MMM Group	West Toronto Diamond Rail/Rail Grade Separation Imants Hausmanis, GO Transit

10:00am - 10:15am	Coffee and Networking Break

	Creating Value in Product Development	Alternative Delivery & Risk (P3)	Creating Value in Surface Transportation

10:15am - 10:45am	VM - The Link for Modern Management Improvement Tools Hank Ball, Ball Associates	Obtaining Value for Money on the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre Maureen Moore, Former Chief Financial Officer, Royal Ottawa Hospital	Howard Avenue Grade Separations - A Value Partnership Doug MacRae, MTO - Windsor BIIG & Brian Ruck, Totten Sims Hubicki / Aecom

10:45am - 11:15am	Manufacturing the right product Vs. manufacturing the product right Alain LeBlanc, Pratt & Whitney Canada	Obtaining Value for Money on the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre Cont'd Maureen Moore, Former Chief Financial Officer, Royal Ottawa Hospital	The Turcotte / Hwy 20 Interchange Richard Vezina, RCGT and Alain Marc Dubé, MTQ

11:15am - 11:45am	Developing a Competitive Edge Through Lean Project Engineering at P&WC Christian Faucher, Ing, MBA, PMP, Pratt & Whitney Canada	Value For Money in Alternative Finance Procurement David Lewis, HDR	VE of Highway 7 New, Kitchener to Guelph Dennis Regan, MTO

11:45am - 12:15pm	Creating Value in Product Development - Panel Hank Ball, Christian Faucher, Ing, MBA, PMP	Allocating and Valuing Risk - Panel Will Willson, Davis Langdon, David Lewis, HDR, Storer Boone, Golder Associates	Using FPS to Define Montreal's Requirements for New Subway Cars Richard Vezina, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton

12:15pm - 1:15pm	Lunch and Networking Break Keynote Speakers Michael Monette (OSPE President & Chair, Director Xerox) and Mark Arnone, Director, Projects & Modifications, Ontario Power Generation

	Creating Value in Product Development (continued)	Risk Based Assessment for Infrastructure	Water and Wastewater

1:15pm - 1:45pm	Cost Reduction Methodologies for Electronic Products Ziad Eldada, creatiVE Value Engineering	Developing a Risk Analysis Program for Waterfront Toronto Veronica Bergs, Waterfront Toronto	Value Engineering in Durham Region, Different Approaches Achieve The Same Result - Millions of Dollars in Savings Matthew Elliott, CH2M Hill

1:45pm - 2:15pm	New Product Introduction for Electronic Components with VA Pierre Marquis, Sanmina-SCI	John Counter Blvd Reconstruction Risk Assessment: A Case Study, City of Kingston Tony Wing, MRC	The Winning Strategies for Odour Reduction (Humber Treatment Plant Odour Control ) and Management of Wet Weather Flows at the City of Toronto Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant Ajay Puri & Katrina Blom, Works & Emergency Services, City of Toronto

2:15pm - 2:45pm	Saving the Life of a New Product with Function Analysis and Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) Timothy Jason Alleyne, Nguyen - Parrot	Risk Based Estimating for QEW St. Catharines - Lessons Learned Storer Boone, Golder Associates	Town of Renfrew Water Pollution Control Upgrade Mike Asselin, Town of Renfrew

2:45pm - 3:15pm	Function Modeling of Systems: The DfV Approach to Business Innovation Dr. Dan A. Seni P.Eng, University of Quebec	Evaluating the Cost of Risk under Different Procurement Methods Will Willson, Davis Langdon	More Value In Water, Wastewater - Panel Katrina Blom, Ajay Puri, Matthew Elliott

3:15pm - 3:30pm	Coffee and Networking Break

	Innovation in VE	Estimating and Managing Escalation	Unconventional Uses of VE

3:30pm - 4:00pm	Using VA to Program Investments in School Facilities George Tribe, Alberta Infrastructure	Strategies to Model & Manage Cost Escalation K. Bekka, HDR, W. Willson, D Langdon, S. Boone, Golder Associates	VE-FPS Guides Strategy for Winter Highway Closure in Northern Ontario Joseph Arcaro, iTRANS, Tom Fletcher, The Fletcher Group

4:00pm - 4:30pm	Finding Value Through Function Cost Techniques Muthiah Kasi, Alfred Benesch & Company	Cost Escalation Panel Will Willson, Khalid Bekka, Storer Boone, Veronica Bergs, Waterfront Toronto	Benefits of FPS on IT Projects from a Business Perspective Andrew Beal, MTO

4:30pm - 5:00pm	The Value of Safety Analysis Geni Bahar, NAVIGATS Inc.	Cost Escalation Panel Cont'd Will Willson, Khalid Bekka, Storer Boone, Veronica Bergs, Waterfront Toronto	Target Costing and VE Steve Taylor, Genivar

5:00pm	Closing Remarks

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